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Il fuoco eterno

Stage decoration: Act III, Scene 4-13: Garden in the palace of the lawgiver
Lost Art-ID
617510
Artist / Creator
Burnacini, Lodovico Ottavio
Birth
1636, Mantua
Death
1707.12.12, Wien
Place of activity
Italien; Wien; (Schloß) Ebersdorf; (Schloß) Favorita; (Schloß) Laxenburg
Artist / Creator
Küsel, Mathäus
Birth
1629.02.12, Augsburg
Death
1681, Augsburg
Place of activity
Augsburg; Wien; München
Title
Il fuoco eterno
Additional title
Stage decoration: Act III, Scene 4-13: Garden in the palace of the lawgiver
Dating
1674
Object type
Print
Group of reported objects
Graphic
Material / Technique
Paper / printed (copper engraving)
Measures
31,0 x 43,8 cm (Platte)
Height
35.00 cm
Width
44.50 cm
Inventory number
IV 3738
Description

Garden decoration with tall, narrow cedars and stone architecture. Roman senators stand in the open square. In the stage sky, Cupid is lifted into the air by a host of aerial spirits.

Inscription: Lodovico Burnacini in: / Matthæus Küsel S.C.M. S.F.

Obverse: [in pencil top right:] 2.-

Reverse: [in pencil top right:] 2.- [in pencil bottom right:] Bsh [below:] II [below:] B

Provenance

[...] - 1937: probably stock Hugo Helbing, Munich (unclear circumstances of acquisition).

04.05.1937: Acquired by purchase from Hugo Helbing, Munich.

Literature / Source
Zugangsinventarbuch, Zugangsnummer 1937/77b
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